Georgetown Law expands leadership and tech law programs

May 18, 2022

NATIONAL JURIST — Law schools are experimenting like never before. In recent years, there has been sharp interest not just in legal technology but also in legal innovation.

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Harvard Law student Eli Nachmany discusses unique opportunities for sports law students at the school

May 18, 2022

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL CLINICAL — Harvard Law School has the best sports law program in the country. During my time at HLS, I have had the opportunity to complete various legal internships at the highest heights of the sports industry.

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Harvard Law hosts panel on LGBTI communities and access to health care

May 18, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Whether in Georgia, Mali, or the United States — participants at a recent public panel say that LGBTI communities from around the world face daunting challenges in realizing their human right to health because of discrimination based on their sexual orientations and gender identities.

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Harvard Law student William Greenlaw discusses how school prepared him for a career fighting for the underserved

May 18, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — If life itself is our greatest teacher, then a student who can apply lived experience to classroom learning has the benefit of a superior education. William Greenlaw ’22 not only has these tools, but he is already applying them to the law. Having grown up in what he describes as a working-class family…

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Harvard Law celebrates staff at annual event

May 18, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School recently held an appreciation lunch for its employees, including 149 “longer service” staff members, who have worked at the school for 15 years or more. At the April 27 event, Dean John F. Manning ’85; Tracee Whitley ’88, dean for administration; and Roxanne Armbruster, assistant dean and chief…

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Harvard Law Education Law Clinic and Advocates for Education host summit for local high school students

May 18, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — The halls of Wasserstein buzzed with excitement as a group of high school students from across Massachusetts took part in a day-long summit on April 19 featuring workshops on ways they can make change in their schools and in their community.

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Harvard Law professor Guy-Uriel Charles elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

May 18, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Professor Guy-Uriel E. Charles, the Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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An interview with Harvard Law’s new dean of students Stephen Ball

May 17, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — More than a decade ago, before Stephen Ball ’10 headed off to law school, his father gave him a small placard: “When you get there, remember where you came from,” it said. While Ball says his father might have meant the words literally — his family has deep roots in Detroit,…

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University of Houston Law hosts discussion on diversity in the legal profession

May 17, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Sixty-four Black attorneys throughout Texas virtually took part in the Dean’s Diversity Dialogue: Texas Big Law, Black Law Partner/Corporate Counsel Summit on April 25 to discuss recruitment and retention of, and collaboration among Texas Black lawyers.  Studies show that Black attorneys make up only 4.7% of the legal profession and…

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University of Houston Law Center conference looks at the energy implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

May 17, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The 4th Annual Denney L. Wright International Energy Tax Conference and the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal’s 22nd Annual Symposium daylong conference addressed as a key topic the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

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